Church of God

Cleveland, Tennessee

Sixth Avenue Church of God is part of the Church of God Pentecostal Christian denomination that is headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Church of God has over six million members in
over 170 countries. It is therefore one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the world. With over one million members in the United States, it is one of the largest denominations
in the nation.

The Church of God originated in 1886, which makes it the oldest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. It formed out of a meeting of a small group of Christians at the Barney Creek
Meeting House. This is near the Tennessee/North Carolina border.